Open AccessDiffuse Muscular Pain, Skin Tightening, and Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia Revealing Paraneoplastic Amyopathic Dermatomyositis due to Testicular Cancer
Author(s) -
Sarah Norrenberg,
Valérie Gangji,
V. del Mármol,
Muhammad Shahnawaz Soyfoo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6889
pISSN - 2090-6897
DOI - 10.1155/2012/534236
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatomyositis , dermatology , hyperplasia , testicular cancer , pathology , seminoma , cancer , chemotherapy
Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis (DM) associated with testicular cancer is extremely rare. We report the case of a patient with skin tightening, polymyalgia, hypereosinophilia, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia revealing seminoma and associated paraneoplastic DM.
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